"22 September 2015 Smutty Shout-Outs" reveal

http://www.laineygossip.com/Hitfixs-Drew-McWeeny-Twitter-rant-over-Tom-Hardy-blow-off/41558

Tom Hardy is an asshole

The Revenant junket happened the other day. Tom Hardy was available for interviews. But, actually, not really. Hitfix’s Drew McWeeny was supposed to interview Tom and was f-cked over. Normally when that happens, we’re too afraid to talk sh-t about the celebrity because we don’t want to be blacklisted by the studios for upcoming opportunities. I’ve written about this many, many times. Hollywood crusades for free speech all the time, so long as the free speech is when you only report positively about their projects, and if you don’t, they have no problem with censorship. So, basically, you just have to accept them pissing in your face. And you return to get pissed on, indefinitely.

More and more though, journalists are calling out the hypocrisy. It’s not so much courage as fatigue. At some point, you just get tired of being kicked in the face. This is what happened to Drew McWeeny. These are his tweets:

 

I wrote about the Tom Hardy attitude 3 months ago during TIFF. It was raining on the night of the Legend gala. Tom showed up, spent all his time with the fans in the pouring rain, and basically blew off the press. Which, fine, the fans enjoyed. But, as I pointed out at the time, you know who manages to do both? You know who takes the time for the fans and for the media? George Clooney. Tom Hardy using his fans so that he can ditch the media doesn’t mean he’s the greatest. Click here for my post on that incident. This was my final note on Tom’s recalcitrance:

Thing is, when he doesn’t want to be (amenable), he makes it hard for the people who are trying on his behalf to do their jobs. That’s not media either. It’s the people he works with at the studio. It’s the publicists who are there to support the film, the work of the entire cast and crew.

And that’s what Drew McWeeny mentions in his tweets too. He’s seen Tom Hardy make publicists cry – and they’re on his team. I know people on his team, who’ve been assigned to be there for him, to assist him, who are counted on to make sure Tom Hardy performs his publicity duties, who’ve been shouted at by him for because he’s grumpy from waking up too early, or because he’s hungry, or because he needs a coffee, but really because he just doesn’t want to be there. Does that mean he can verbally kick the sh-t out of them?

If you’re a Tom Hardy fangirl, you have an excuse for it, probably. Because the media, we’re lowlife c-nt motherf-ckers and we deserve what’s coming to us, sure. Tom Hardy is well within his rights to make people wait half a workday. He’s a goodlooking millionaire actor who, occasionally, has to sit through a series of dumb questions. That gives him the right to prioritise himself over others.

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December 21, 2015 at 10:12

22 September 2015 Smutty Shout-Outs

"22 September 2015 Smutty Shout-Outs" reveal

"Actor vs Director" reveal 3

http://www.laineygossip.com/Tom-Hardy-doesnt-have-time-for-directors-in-new-interview-with-Vulture/40737

Tom Hardy ain’t got time for primadonna directors

Tom Hardy gave an interview, via Skype, to Vulture and in it he sh*ts all over the idea of directors and basically says they contribute nothing to film. I laughed for a solid five minutes, because cinema is a culture that worships directors and also because Tom Hardy basically just declared to all future employers that he doesn’t really respect what they do. His full quote is great:

“A writer comes with nothing and he writes something down and there’s a story. Then a bunch of actors come along, and people can watch that. Then a third person comes along and says, ‘I really love what you guys are doing. And if you’d just do it the way I see it, we’d really be onto something.’ And there’s part of me that goes: ‘Why are you here?’ A director who hasn’t written something, and they say, ‘Trust me.’ And I’m like, ‘With what, mate?’”

I kind of see his point, in that it can sometimes seem like a director, at least when you’re on set, isn’t creating anything. The script came from someone else, the stunts are being worked out by other people, costumes and sets are designed by others, the actors have the interpretative job, and yet more people are handling the cameras, with the cinematographer determining lighting and how those cameras are operating as a unit. The editor is setting the rhythm, the composer and sound engineers deciding what the film sounds like. So what is the director doing, besides bossing people around?

A good director is like a general, marshalling troops and maintaining order. Movies are made up of thousands of moving parts, often with multiple filming units shooting simultaneously. Someone has to control that chaos. But more importantly, a director takes words on a page and figures out how to tell that story visually. Writing and cinema are two different mediums, and not all writers—even very good ones—are capable of telling their story in a visual way. That’s why we always talk about the director’s “vision” for a project, because they’re the person you’re entrusting specifically because they have an idea for how to take words on a page and make it a three-dimensional visual story.

It sounds like Hardy loses patience easily with directors who can’t, or won’t, communicate. A director who can’t communicate is a problem, because communication is everything on a movie set, but there are a lot of directors who simply don’t want to discuss things with actors. They just want to tell the actor where to go and what to do in a scene, and then have the actor deliver their lines and shut up about it. Woody Allen is famous for not really giving actors direction, so maybe Hardy should avoid working with Woody Allen, who is not interested in real collaboration with actors.

And of course, The Revenant and Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu comes up. The Revenant sounds like an absolute nightmare, and Hardy pretty well confirms that, saying, “I think [Alejandro] bit down hard on something that bit him back. And he bit back as well. And it continued to be a beast that was biting him, and he was biting it, and we all bit down.” Okay but how did Inarritu get Hardy to “bite down”? Did the fact that Inarritu adapted the screenplay himself do the trick? Or did they work out their differences another way? DID they work them out? Or is Hardy just adjusting his rhetoric to toe a party line, since The Revenant is an Oscar hopeful? Those two have had a combative relationship so far—will it end up cutting Hardy out of the Oscar run?

Click here to read the full interview.

September 24, 2015 at 12:59

Actor vs Director

"Actor vs Director" reveal 3

"22 September 2015 Smutty Shout-Outs" clue

http://www.laineygossip.com/Tom-Hardy-gets-wet-greeting-fans-at-TIFF-premiere-of-Legend--misses-interview/40628

It was pouring on Saturday night for the Legend premiere at TIFF. And the fans, they stood out there in the rain, waiting patiently for Tom Hardy. Meanwhile, I was under the red carpet awning, waiting impatiently for an interview. It didn’t happen.

The film was supposed to start at 9:30pm. Tom arrived around 9:05pm and spent almost half an hour rewarding the crowd for their dedication, taking pictures, shaking hands, so that when he finally stepped onto the carpet, he was soaked.

Water dripped down his face, down his neck, off his fingers…

He wiped himself down with his hands, from his head, across his cheeks, down his chest…

And I got to watch that. For several minutes, I got to watch wet Tom Hardy. It almost made up for not talking to him because at that point he had to get into the theatre. But maybe that was the bonus of spending time with fans – he hates the media, he hates press, he hates promotion. And the fans are a great excuse to not have to participate.

I say excuse because, well, George Clooney does both, you know? He gets there early enough so that the fans get their time and the press gets their time. Going forward, the press will probably be getting less and less of Tom Hardy’s time. Because an awkward incident went down at the Legend presser that set him off. One of the reporters decided to ask about Tom’s sexuality related to his character’s sexuality, citing a quote that Tom gave a few years ago about his sexual experimentation. Click here to see how Tom responded. I like how he handled it. So the good news is… he can actually be good at press. The bad news is… he doesn’t want to be when this kind of sh-t happens. Thing is, when he doesn’t want to be, he makes it hard for the people who are trying on his behalf to do their jobs. That’s not media either. It’s the people he works with at the studio. It’s the publicists who are there to support the film, the work of the entire cast and crew.

As for Tom on the TIFF party circuit – not much gossip there. He went to Soho House but didn’t shut the place down or anything, more like a “I’ll show my face for a minute and get the f-ck out” appearance. He’s still in town though so I’ll keep you posted.

September 14, 2015 at 9:36 AM

22 September 2015 Smutty Shout-Outs

"22 September 2015 Smutty Shout-Outs" clue

22 September 2015 Smutty Shout-Outs

http://www.laineygossip.com/September-22--2015-Smutty-Shout-Outs/40701

Matt asked me for a birthday blind so who’s the douchebag who justifies his hate for media but can’t justify what a dick he is to the people who work to support him? For someone who fronts like he’s so tough, all he ever does is whinge about how nobody takes care of him, how nobody knows what he wants for lunch, and when he’s done moaning about that, his mean streak kicks in and he doesn’t stop until he’s made people cry. There’s no defence for being a coddled movie star and berating someone until they run out of the room, sobbing. This is why he’s off the list.

September 22, 2015 at 7:19 AM

Update (12/21/15):
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reveal

22 September 2015 Smutty Shout-Outs

"Actor vs Director" reveal

http://www.laineygossip.com/Tom-Hardy-covers-Esquire-UK/38053

If you already have a Tom Hardy problem, this isn’t going to help. This will make it much, much worse. Here he is on the cover of UK Esquire. Some dudes, when they do the squinty eye thing, it doesn’t work, not at all. You don’t believe it. Like if there was actually cigarette smoke drifting across their faces, they wouldn’t hot-squint, their eyes would just water and they’d swat it away. Not hot. Think Justin Timberlake. I don’t believe when Justin Timberlake tries to sex me with his eyes.

Tom Hardy?

Please.

He was made for it.

Look at that photo of him with the big coat on, and gloves hanging out of his waist. And the one of him walking behind the dog. Like if ever you were in the mood to be rescued? The helpless fantasy isn’t really my thing. But…I’m just saying I would be more open to it if it looks like Tom Hardy.

Because he doesn’t just grunt and woodchop his way into your pants. Like, this guy has some thoughts. And his train of thought, in an interview, can sometimes read like Robert Downey Jr. That is to say he’s verbal. And while he may be more prone to a low drawl than RDJ’s quick gunfire stream of consciousness, it’s still a stream of consciousness that can be hard to follow, but keeps you in pursuit.

Which is why this whole piece should really be read start to finish. Think of it like an act of intimacy. You don’t want to start off right away with your pelvises grinding up and down on each other. You begin at the beginning of the foreplay. And you let your arousal build.

Let me make a note though. Much of the interview takes place in an arts and crafts place in Calgary – somewhere he says Leonardo DiCaprio would never show up to. It’s interesting, Hardy’s comparison of fame, his level of it and Leo’s. And what he is and isn’t willing to compromise. Perhaps it’s also a statement though. Because Leo exploits his own fame in ways that make it a waste of time for him to go paint a mug in a crock shoppe. It’s not like models hang out there. That said, the benefit of Hardy’s position is that he can dip into that advantage of Leo’s whenever he wants. And he does.

Also NB - at one point, Hardy gets an email about work the next day. Work, of course, is The Revenant. With Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu. Creative differences. Typically you side with the director over the spoiled actor. But this, this is a different perspective. The rare occasion when you might be able to sympathise with the choices an actor has to make when they stand to come out looking like the asshole.

Click here to read the full piece. A basketful of hints.

March 30, 2015 at 1:36 PM

Actor vs Director

"Actor vs Director" reveal

"On location influences" reveal

http://www.laineygossip.com/Tom-Hardy-covers-Esquire-UK/38053

If you already have a Tom Hardy problem, this isn’t going to help. This will make it much, much worse. Here he is on the cover of UK Esquire. Some dudes, when they do the squinty eye thing, it doesn’t work, not at all. You don’t believe it. Like if there was actually cigarette smoke drifting across their faces, they wouldn’t hot-squint, their eyes would just water and they’d swat it away. Not hot. Think Justin Timberlake. I don’t believe when Justin Timberlake tries to sex me with his eyes.

Tom Hardy?

Please.

He was made for it.

Look at that photo of him with the big coat on, and gloves hanging out of his waist. And the one of him walking behind the dog. Like if ever you were in the mood to be rescued? The helpless fantasy isn’t really my thing. But…I’m just saying I would be more open to it if it looks like Tom Hardy.

Because he doesn’t just grunt and woodchop his way into your pants. Like, this guy has some thoughts. And his train of thought, in an interview, can sometimes read like Robert Downey Jr. That is to say he’s verbal. And while he may be more prone to a low drawl than RDJ’s quick gunfire stream of consciousness, it’s still a stream of consciousness that can be hard to follow, but keeps you in pursuit.

Which is why this whole piece should really be read start to finish. Think of it like an act of intimacy. You don’t want to start off right away with your pelvises grinding up and down on each other. You begin at the beginning of the foreplay. And you let your arousal build.

Let me make a note though. Much of the interview takes place in an arts and crafts place in Calgary – somewhere he says Leonardo DiCaprio would never show up to. It’s interesting, Hardy’s comparison of fame, his level of it and Leo’s. And what he is and isn’t willing to compromise. Perhaps it’s also a statement though. Because Leo exploits his own fame in ways that make it a waste of time for him to go paint a mug in a crock shoppe. It’s not like models hang out there. That said, the benefit of Hardy’s position is that he can dip into that advantage of Leo’s whenever he wants. And he does.

Also NB - at one point, Hardy gets an email about work the next day. Work, of course, is The Revenant. With Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu. Creative differences. Typically you side with the director over the spoiled actor. But this, this is a different perspective. The rare occasion when you might be able to sympathise with the choices an actor has to make when they stand to come out looking like the asshole.

Click here to read the full piece. A basketful of hints.

March 30, 2015 at 1:36 PM

On location influences

"On location influences" reveal

Actor vs Director

http://www.laineygossip.com/Actor-vs-Director-blind-riddle/37967

An acclaimed actor. And an acclaimed director. A director with a huge ego, recently made even bigger, and his acclaimed friends are pricks too, so it’s not like there’s anyone around to check his behaviour... until he took it a step too far with someone who has some experience with knocking around douchebags on set.

So it’s been a long shoot. And this is a technically particular director. His exacting demands have made it so that production is taking a long, long time. He berates and belittles the crew, he’s impatient, and he’s often cruel, even unethical in his pursuit to get the “perfect shot”. With the hardware now, he feels even more justified in being as unkind as he wants to be, because in his mind, art is often not compatible with compassion. Compassion was the problem when one of his leads, due to a physical ailment, relied on wardrobe to come up with a solution that would alleviate some of his pain. It was a relief to the actor and, for the most part, it wasn’t a big deal aesthetically, until a long shot was required, at which point the director noticed that an adjustment had been made to help with the actor’s discomfort.

The director went ballistic. He got right up in the actor’s face. They start screaming at each other. They decide to take their argument somewhere private, where they continue to yell at each other. It’s LOUD. It’s ugly. It’s level 15 on intensity. The director won’t forgive, the actor won’t apologise. Everyone can hear. And then…

Silence.

The actor exits. On his own.

The director?

Is found by the crew moments later. On the ground in his tent. One punch.

March 23, 2015 at 8:51 AM

Update (9/28/15):
reveal 1
reveal 2
reveal 3

Actor vs Director

"On location influences" clue 2

http://www.laineygossip.com/Robin-Thickes-divorce-party-with-Leonardo-DiCaprio/31557

The new pussy partners

Leonardo DiCaprio’s Pussy Posse has an official new member. Now that Paula Patton has filed for divorce, Robin Thicke is available for group douche-ing. And according to Page Six, he celebrated the other night at his home in LA, with Leonardo DiCaprio and a LOT of models. According to a Page Six source:

“There were a lot of models there. Leo and Robin were being super flirtatious and talking to tons of girls. Robin, in particular, was dancing and talking to a pretty brunette throughout most of the night. At one point, he grabbed a girl’s hand and was like, ‘Let’s dance’ . . . he was in great spirits, and put on a mix of music including pop, hip-hop, older stuff from the ’90s and soul. Everyone was dancing until past 3 a.m.”

Robin Thicke or Adam Levine. Sh-t or Diarrhoea.

Play. The rule of the game is that you have to pick just ONE. The point of the game is that you’re choosing between degrees of grossness. The baseless is gross, simple. But how do you define the GROWTH of grossness?

You know what might be the grossest part of all of it?

Tom Hardy was at that party.

October 15, 2014 at 8:58 AM

On location influences

"On location influences" clue 2

"On location influences" clue 1

http://www.laineygossip.com/Tom-Hardy-and-Charlotte-Riley-engagement-on-hold-because-of-Noomi-Rapace/26823

Tom, Charlotte, Noomi: Triangle?

Tom Hardy and Noomi Rapace were at an event in London together last week. I posted those photos but I’m re-attaching them again here because, well, we’re looking at them differently now. They’ve been working together on a movie. They’ve already worked together on other projects. They’ve known each other for a while. It didn’t seem super unusual.

But the Telegraph is reporting that something is, indeed, up. That Tom and Noomi were “cuddling” at that party and went home together because, as it turns out, he and Charlotte Riley, his fiancé, or ex, are currently “on hold”.

On hold?

If I’m Charlotte and I’m looking at these pictures, there’s really no more holding. The last time I posted pictures of Tom and Charlotte together was in December, here. Tom has said of himself in the past that he tends to let one relationship bleed into the next. Has it happened again?

May 9, 2013 at 7:51 AM

On location influences

"On location influences" clue 1

On location influences

http://www.laineygossip.com/On-location-influences-blind-riddle/34466/

Serious actor with a more serious actor friend, even though their friendship isn’t as public as some of the others. No pictures, but still, their names will appear together on party reports, and it’s always the kind of parties that feature douchebags leering at young models. They’ve come together again on a new project, working away on location. While on location, away from the media, away from the paparazzi, one influences the other. Which would be fine, because that’s his lifestyle, famously it’s his lifestyle, but his friend happens to be married. And it’s not his wife he’s taking back to his hotel room every night. The side piece works at the casino and that’s probably not a good place to be around for someone with his history. You just replace one addiction with the other.

This isn’t the first time we’ve run into some out of bounds play with him though. All of us were wondering if he’d paused on his long term relationship a couple of years ago with another co-star. That ended up fading, he got married, and now…well… now he has a temporary waiting in bed for him until he gets to go home.

January 21, 2015 at 7:31 AM

Update (3/30/15):
clue 1 (Tom Hardy & Noomi Rapace)
clue 2 (Tom Hardy & Leonardo DiCaprio)
reveal

On location influences